Bombing - tips

[Slazi]

Is it just me, or is bombing the old-fashioned way really hard?

 

I have setup a small test area with ton of compounds to bomb. I'm diving at a 45 degree angle and releasing anywhere between 300-2000m. I very rarely manage to hit what I'm aiming at.

 

I'm using a load of different aircraft and bombs, mostly those without modern targetting systems (ww2, Hawk, Albatros, and Mig-21).

 

What kind of accuracy would a poorly trained pilot acheive? 50m @ 500m?

 

Are there any good test maps that track accuracy?

[Buzzles]

Have a look at the On The Range series from Bunyap:

 

Lots of info in there on techniques.

 

If you want to do it the more manual way,

with the Sabre is good, as is the

video, otherwise the A10C videos are excellent. Edited October 3, 2016 by Buzzles

[Slazi]

Perfect! The Sabre video gives me a lot to work on. Thank you.

[MikeMikeJuliet]

Also, yes. Bombing without modern systems and aids is very difficult at first.

[Slazi]

It's funny, I remember doing a ww2 mission with some friends and managing a perfect bombing run with one of the German planes. I must have just been really lucky.

[MikeMikeJuliet]

It might also have something to do with aircraft stability, especially considering yaw. Now I don't know how stable the DCS WW2 aircraft are in a dive, but that might have something to do with it.

[Art-J]

Yep, dramatic yaw change with speed during the dive are the most annoying problem for me. One needs to keep the ball centered all the time to avoid messing up the aim, but it's not easy either in Mustang (rudder trimmer doesn't respond fast enough) or in German birds (no rudder trimmer at all).

 

In real plane one can sense the sideslip building up and correct it without taking eye off the gunsight, in virtual one that's not possible - one of these aspects where simulator is more difficult than reality I guess.

[TwilightZone]

here is a P-51 tutorial by dooom....

:pilotfly: